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ROSACEAE. 



[VOL. II. 



i. Agrimonia hirsuta (Muhl.) Bicknell. Tall Hairy Agrimony. (Fig. 1957.) 



A. Eupatoria hirsuta Muhl. Cat. 47. 1813. 

 Agrimonia hirsuta Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 



23: 509. 1896. 



Mostly 3-4 tall (2-6), minutely glandu- 

 lar, villous. Leaves large; leaflets thin, 

 bright green, mostly 7, spreading, elliptic to 

 broadly oblong, or the odd one obovate, apex 

 acute, base often subcordate, coarsely ser- 

 rate, the margins and nerves beneath ciliate, 

 the lower surface rarely pubescent; inter- 

 posed leaf-segments ovate, mostly 3 pairs; 

 stipules broad, coarsely cut-toothed; flowers 

 4 // -6 // broad, the buds ovoid, acute; fruit re- 

 flexed, 3" long, short-turbinate, abruptly 

 contracted at the pedicel, the disk convex, 

 the dilated marginal rim bearing numerous 

 reflexed spreading and erect bristles. 



Woods and thickets, New Brunswick to Min- 

 nesota, North Carolina and California. Roots 

 fibrous. Tune-Aug. The European A. Eupa- 

 toria L. differs markedly in foliage and fruit 

 from any of our species. 



Woodland Agrimony. (Fig. 1958.) 



2. Agrimonia striata Michx. 



A. striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 278. 1803. 

 Agrimonia pannflora DC. Prodr. a: 587. 1821. 



Not Soland. 1789. 



A. microcarpa Wallr. Beitr. Bot. i: ).//. /./j. 1842. 

 Agrimonia rostellata Wallr. Beitr. Bot. i: 42. 1842. 



Mostly about 2 high (i-5), minutely glan- 

 dular, simple or delicately paniculately 

 branched; racemes filiform short, loosely flow- 

 ered. Roots tuberous. Stem glabrous, or with 

 scattered hairs above; leaflets thin, commonly 

 5, mostly oblong or obovate-oblong and obtuse, 

 crenate or dentate, often cuncate, scarcely cili- 

 ate; interposed leaf-segments usually a small 

 entire pair; stipules small, entire and lanceo- 

 late, or ovate and laciniate; flowers 2 // -2^ // 

 broad, the buds subglobose, truncate or nearly 

 so; fruit 2" high or less, spreading or nodding, 

 hemispheric, the furrows shallow or obsolete; 

 disk very tumid, its rim unmargiued, its bristles 

 short and weak, erect or ascending. 



In dry woods, Connecticut to Virginia and Mis- 

 souri. July-Sept. 



3. Agrimonia pumila Muhl. Small- 

 fruited Agrimony. (Fig. 1959.) 



Agrimonia pumila Muhl. Cat. 47. 1813. 



Small and slender, i-2 high, erect or assur- 

 gent, simple, or with a few branches above. Root 

 tuberous; stem villous with spreading hairs below, 

 appressed-pubescent above; leaves often crowded 

 toward the base of the stem, frequently 3-foliolate; 

 leaflets 3-5, small, elliptic to obovate or cuneate, 

 obtuse or acute at the apex, often pilose above, 

 soft-pubescent and pale beneath; interposed leaf- 

 segments, if any, a small pair; stipules small, the 

 lower ones lanceolate and entire, the upper 

 rounded on the outer side and laciniate; racemes 

 very loosely flowered, flowers small; fruit 2" long 

 or less, minutely glandular, hemispheric to turbi- 

 nate; disk flat; bristles few, ascending or erect. 



In dry soil, Pennsylvania and Maryland to Florida, 

 Kentucky and Louisiana. Aug. 



